Louisiana HB 403 is in force: the low-risk homemade-food cap is now $100,000
Louisiana HB 403 became Act 801 and took effect August 1, 2026. It raises the gross annual sales limit for the low-risk homemade food exemption from $30,000 to $100,000 (R.S. 40:4.9(B)).
Louisiana’s home-kitchen path for low-risk foods lives in R.S. 40:4.9. Subsection B is the dollar cutoff: once gross annual sales hit the number in the statute, the exemption no longer applies. That number was thirty thousand dollars. As of August 1, 2026, it is one hundred thousand dollars.
The bill, in official facts
- Bill
- HB 403 / Act 801 (2026 Regular Session)
- Title
- Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public
- Primary author
- Representative Kimberly Coates
- Status
- Signed by the Governor — Act 801 on June 8, 2026
- Effective date
- August 1, 2026
- What it does
- Raises the R.S. 40:4.9(B) gross annual sales limit from $30,000 to $100,000
- Statute amended
- R.S. 40:4.9(B)
- Official page
- https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=250175
The official digest, word for word
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Prior law provided that producers of low-risk, homemade foods may sell certain foods to the public and are exempt from food safety and sanitary requirements if the producer sells less than $30,000 of low-risk, homemade foods annually. New law increases the gross annual sales limit for this exemption from $30,000 to $100,000, after which a producer would no longer qualify for the exemption. Effective August 1, 2026. (Amends R.S. 40:4.9(B))
The enrolled act rewrites subsection B so the section “does not apply to any preparer of low-risk foods made at a home for sale, whose gross annual sales equal one hundred thousand dollars or more.” That is the whole bill. It does not, in the official digest or the enrolled page, change the list of low-risk foods or the two-channel sales rule for breads, cakes, cookies, and pies.
What this post does not claim
- This is not legal advice. It restates the official digest and enrolled act.
- Other parts of R.S. 40:4.9 are outside this act. Direct-to-consumer limits on breads, cakes, cookies, and pies, and the parish sales-tax certificate, are not rewritten in HB 403.
- Confirm with the Louisiana Department of Health if you are near the old $30,000 line or changing how you track sales.
Official sources
- HB 403 / Act 801 — official bill page
- Résumé digest (Act 801)
- Enrolled act / Act 801 PDF
- Crosodo Louisiana state guide
- Selling cottage food in Louisiana
Crosodo Journal entries are recipe, craft, and cottage-food notes for home bakers. Recipes assume an active starter and basic equipment. Cottage food sales are governed by your state's law — start with the free state directory, check a product with Can I sell this?, or grab a label template. Not legal advice.
